landslide Video clip claiming “Nepal Flood” Is Actually an Event From India in 2025
Thai PBS Verify found this misinformation from: Threads
Image of clip investigation
Thai PBS Verify found a Threads account named p33m.love post the clip of Landslide with the caption as follows.
🇳🇵 NEPAL FLOODS: A DEVASTATING DISASTER
According to Nepalese authorities, the death toll from the floods in the mountainous Rasuwa region has reached 270, while 1450 people remain missing.
More than 400 foreign tourists are reportedly among those missing, along with foreign workers at a hydropower plant.
Sometimes, everything can change in just a few seconds.
🙏 Hoping for the safe rescue of everyone still missing.
The post was published on August 28, 2026.
Is the landslide video in Nepal real?
Thai PBS Verify verified the clip using Google Lens reverse image search and found that it matched news from the Indian news outlet DNA India, which reported on flash floods and massive landslides that struck Dharali village, Uttarkashi district, Uttarakhand state, India, on August 6, 2025.
Search result via Google Lens
The report stated that sudden heavy rainfall in Dharali village, Uttarkashi district, Uttarakhand state, triggered flash floods and landslides, sweeping away homes, hotels, trees, and other debris across nearly the entire town, leaving 5 people dead and more than 50 missing.
Screenshot showing news from DNA India news outlet.
To confirm that the incident took place in Uttarakhand, India, we searched the town name using key terms on Google Earth and identified location markers that clearly verify the site as the place in the video, proving it is not a recently occurred landslide as claimed.
Image of the building in the clip (left) compared with image of the building in Uttarakhand, India (right)
Map of the incident location
What is the truth ?
Regarding the case where a Threads account named “p33m.love” published a video clip showing a landslide and flash flood (posted on Aug 28, 2026) with English text claiming it was a severe disaster in the Rasuwa mountain district of Nepal, leaving up to 270 dead and over 1,450 missing (including foreign tourists), “the fact is that this video clip is misinformation.” The actual details are as follows:
- It is old footage in India (2025):
The video depicts torrential rain triggering flash floods and landslides in Dharali village, Uttarkashi district, Uttarakhand state, India, on August 6, 2025 (reported by DNA India). - Actual damage in the video: During the 2025 event in India, torrents of water and mud swept away homes, hotels, and trees across nearly the entire town, resulting in 5 fatalities and over 50 missing persons.
- Unrelated to Nepal: The structures and environment shown in the clip have been geolocated and confirmed to be in Uttarakhand, India, not in the Rasuwa mountain district of Nepal as claimed by the post.
Verification Process
- Reverse Image Search:
The news team ran screenshots from the video clip through Google Lens, discovering that the images matched a news clip from India’s DNA India reporting on a flash flood and landslide disaster striking Dharali village, Uttarakhand state, on August 6, 2025. - Geolocation Verification:
Key terms, including the town name and building landmarks visible in the clip, were searched and cross-referenced in-depth using Google Earth. The comparative analysis confirmed that the building structures and geographical features perfectly align with the location in Uttarakhand, India, in every respect.
Impact of This Misinformation
- Fueling panic and compounding distress:
Manipulating images of severe disasters alongside fabricated casualty figures (claiming over 1,450 missing) instills fear, grief, and anxiety among the public, as well as relatives of international tourists. - Exploiting crisis for engagement (Clickbait & Engagement):
The poster capitalized on ongoing foreign disasters to make sensational content designed to elicit sympathy and drive up likes, shares, and follower counts on Threads - Distorting real on-the-ground rescue operations: Spreading false information about locations and missing counts misleads the public regarding actual conditions on the ground and risks sowing confusion surrounding official casualty reports.
What to do with this misinformation?
- Don’t believe the post from personal social media accounts: Disaster reports alleging casualties or missing persons in the hundreds or thousands qualify as major global news. If unverified by mainstream outlets (e.g., BBC, Reuters, CNN) or official state authorities, treat the content as fake news by default.
- Utilize Google Lens for image verification: When encountering dramatic disaster video footage, capture a screenshot and reverse search it using Google Lens on a smartphone. Frequently, this reveals that the content is recycled footage of older events from different regions.
- Watch for emotionally provocative language: Posts using exaggerated numbers without referencing verified government sources are typically crafted to artificially boost reach and view counts.
- Report the post: Help curb the spread by reporting fake news on the Threads platform so system algorithms can reduce its visibility and remove the post.
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